we heard german leaders saying that they believe this country does need to take a more assertive foreign-policy stance. so that should at least be good news to the ears of vitali klitschko. >> melinda, do you think this could be a test case in germany's more assertive foreign-policy stance? >> it is looking that way. it looks very much like germany defines that stance with regard to ukraine as playing a mediating role both with the ukrainian government, but also with russia, which he know has been a strong supporter of the ukrainian government. and in fact ties to russia very much at the heart of the controversy in ukraine. the foreign minister has very good relations with russia. he is beauty as a friend of russia. he has -- he is viewed as a friend of russia. however, he made a visit to moscow where mr. putin kept him waiting for a number of hours, did not promise to meet with him at all initially. it may be difficult to get that new and bolts going with regard to russia. >> melinda crane reporting for us. thank you so much. staying in germany, a scandal involving claims of leaked information